I can't see the play. If you want them to spend more money on defence, why would you ask for money from those countries? You're taking away money that could be spent on defence, and you are also making them not give a shit about what you say because they refuse to be pressured into paying the US.
Can you imagine the response from Europe if this was coming from Theresa May?
I can't see the play. If you want them to spend more money on defence, why would you ask for money from those countries? You're taking away money that could be spent on defence, and you are also making them not give a shit about what you say because they refuse to be pressured into paying the US.
Can you imagine the response from Europe if this was coming from Theresa May?
I agree with you on the backpay bullshit. Many US presidents have pushed this issue, and NATO countries had already agreed to increase spending in 2016, to have all members on 2% in 2024. The way Trump is bringing this "protection money" extortion mobstyle-like goes against every fibre of NATO's alliance and existence.